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Patented Nov. 27, 1923.

UNITED ySTATES WILLIAM O. HAB/MON', OF LA PRYOR, TEXAS.

FOOT SCRAPEBI.

Application tiled February 26, 1923. Serial No. 621,260.

T o all whom t may concern:

Be it known that WILLIAM O. HARMON, a citizen of the United States, residing at La Pryor, in the county of Zavalla and State of Texas, has invented certain new andfusetul Improvements in Foot Scrapers; and he does hereby declare the `following to be a full, clear, and/exact description ot the invention, such as will enable others, skilled in the art to which it appertains, to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ot this speciiication.

This invention relates to foot Scrapers for automotive vehicles and the like and has for an object to provide a device ot the kind which may be readily and conveniently attached to and beneath the running-board of such a vehicle, to be folded under the running-board for transportation and to be folded outwardly for use. A further object of the invention is to provide improved means for attaching the scraper element to the running-board. With these and other objects in view, the invention comprises certain novel elements, units, parts, combinations, functions and interactions as disclosed in the drawings, together with mechanical equivalents thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a conventional running-board with the scraper attached thereto and swung outwardly in operative position;

Figure 2 is an inverted plan view, showing the attachment to the running-board, the scraper being swung outwardly to operative position in full lines and inwardly to carrying position in dotted lines;

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure l2;

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view, showing a modification as required by running-boards of different types;

Figure 5 is an inverted plan view of the limiting washer.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the. several views.

The present invention comprises a foot scraper, element 10, with means for attaching to the running-board of an automotive vehicle, with improved means for accomplishing. the swinging of the scraper out of operative position under the runninghoard for carrying purposes and outwardly for use. lt is well-known that different types ot automotive vehicles have. runningboards oit different types, some composed merely oiE metal, as indicated at 11, while others are provided with a wooden or equivalent running-board, as indicated at 12. For use with the running-board employing only the metal rainning-board7 a wooden or equivalent block, 13, is used as a part of the present invention; but when employed upon the running-board embodying the wooden board, as shown at 12, this block, 13, is not employed. The washer, 14, is secured either directly to the wooden running-board 12 or to the block 13, according as the block is or is not used. This washer 14 is of such proportion and contour that the arm 15, formed preferably integral with the scraper element 10, bears upon the periphery of the washer upon both sides oi the fulcrum point, 16. As a pintle Jfor the fulcrum, a bolt, 17, is ernployed which extends through either the block 13 or the board, 12, according to the type ot running-board, and also through the center opening of the washer 14.

Preferably this washer, 14, will. be secured to the block 13 or board 12 yby means ot bolts 18, carrying nuts 19, properly positioned to limit the swinging movement of the arm 15 about its tulcrum, serving there- 'fore the double purpose of securing the washer more firmly to the wooden element and that of stop tor the swinging of the scraper element. in some cases, however, these bolts 18 with their nuts 19 may be eliminated by Jforming stops 2O directly upon the under side of the washer 14 with a stud, 21, entering a socket in the under side of the board, simply for the purpose of preventing rotation of the washer, the washer being maintained in its normal or required position by the bolt, 17.

In case the block 13 is employed, the block itself is secured to the running-board, 11, as by screws 22. It will be obvious that for ordinary carrying, when the scraper is not required "for use, it will be swung beneath the running-board to the dotted line position shown at Figure 1. When it is required for use, it is swung outwardly as indicated in full lines in the drawings. It is maintained always against rattling and swinging when not required by the frictional engagement of the arm l5 with the periphery of the Washer 14, such friction also tending to hold the scraper when in operative position against swinging when in use.

`What I claim is:

l. A foot-scraper installation comprising a scraper element, an extended arm, a Washer proportioned to be engaged by the arm at spaced points, a ulcrum pivoting the arm intermediate said spaced points, and means to attach the washer to the under side 'of a running-board.

2. A foot-scraper installation comprising a scraper element, an arm extension from such element provided with a ulcrum point, a circular Washer having its Centre coinciding with the fulcruin point and its periphery engaging the arm upon opposite sides `of said fulcrum point, means to secure the WILLIAM o. HARMON. 

